Cabinet



UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD w. MAEDLER, on roar LEE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 'ro DANIEL r.

"BERGHEIMER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

canmn'r.

I Application filed April 2,

To all who-m it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD a citizen of the United States, residing atFort Lee, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Cabinets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in phonograph cabinets, and aimsto provide a cabinet which is combined with a table for use whereeconomy of space is necessary and to provide an article of furniture ofneat and attractive appearance.

Another object, of the invention is the provision of a phonographcabinet in which the instrument is normally housed within an inclosureor compartment constructed in connection with the table, the instrumentbeing normally concealed and mounted for sliding movement, to permit ofpositioning the record and to permit access to a record compartment alsoprovided in the inclosure.

-A further object of the invention is the provision of means forpermitting the escape of the sound through a horn, which is directedoutward through'one end of the cabinet, escaping, through the end of theinclosure, producing a rich tone quality.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear-as thefollowing description is read in connectionwith the accompanyingdrawings,

. In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective viewv of a. combined tableand phonograph cabinet, showing the, same in closed position.

Fig. 2-is an end view of the cabinet partly broken away. 4,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional .view of the cabinet takenlongitudinally of an instrument drawer.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation in section with the drawer extended for theapplication of a record or ,winding the spring of the instrument.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts. the invention comprises ends 15 ofa transversely slidable drawer Specification of Letters Patent.

W. MAEDLER,

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 370,732.

16. This drawer is capable of being opened, from either side of thetable for a mode termined distance. This distance is limited by stops17, which contact with a stationary portion of the panels 12 and 13, butare capable of movement so as to permit of the withdrawal of the drawerwhen necessary or desirous. The panels and drawer just described providean inclosure or cablnet for housing a phonograph and for this purpose,the drawer 16 is divided by means of a partition 18 into separatecompartments 19 and 20. The compartment 19 is for the purpose ofreceiving a phonograph instrument 21, the depth of the drawer beinggreater than the height of the instrument, so that the latter will becontained wholly within the drawer to prevent damage and permit thedrawer to close. For the purpose of adjusting and removing a record, oneside of the drawer is cut away as indi cated at 22, this cut awayportion also permitting of securing and removing the usual needlepoints.

The drawer is further provided upon this side with an opening 23 andwhen in closed position, this opening will register with an opening24,which is located in the small end of a horn" 25. This horn is locatedwithin the cabinet and extends from the side of the drawer outwardtoward the end wall 14, the sound escaping through the scroll work atthis end of the cabinet. An additional opening 26 is provided in theside of the drawer through which the end of the crank arm 27 extends forthe purpose of winding the spring, of the instrument, this crankarmbeing removable to permit the drawer to close.

The compartment 20 which is provided 1n the drawer is designed toreceive records for use in connection with the instrument and the'sideof the drawer is cut away as indicated at 28 for convenience in removingthe record.

In addition to the record space prov ded in the'drawer, that portion ofthe cabinet through which the horn 25 extends. is provided upon eachside of the horn wlth a hinged compartment 29, which is closed by apanel 30. the latter being hinged along its bottom edge and capable ofbeing swung outward to permit of the removal and in- -sertion of therecords.

In the use of the invention, the drawer is pulled out at one end thedistance being relfillated by one of the stops 17, which is s cient to'ermit a record to be placed in claims.

position. T e spring may bethen wound and the drawer closed, the soundfrom the instrument striking the undersurface of the tails ofconstruction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes asroperly fall within the scope of the g a pended Having thus described myinvention what I. claim as new is 1. The combination with-a table havingan. inclosure beneath the top, of a drawer slidably mounted in saidinclosure, and capable of being opened from either end, a

partition dividing the drawer into a phonograph compartment and a recordcom artment, said drawer being of greater epth than the height of thephonograph to protect the latter andfhaving one side wall of eachcompartment cut away to facilitate the removal of the records from therecord compartment and the application and removal of the records fromthe phonograph, and a sound exit located atone side of the drawer. T

2. The combination with a table havin a compartment located beneath thetop, 0 a

drawer slidably mounted in said compartment and said drawer having anopening in one side wall r a phonograph within the drawer and a hornlocated within the compartment with the small end of the horn registerinwith the opening in the drawer when the atter is'closed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

RICHARD W. MAEDLER.

